Latest Cap-and-Trade Auction Shows Strong Results
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The price of emission allowances is rising steadily, and is well above the government-set floor price. The cap-and-trade market seems quite stable.
Some Urban Observations From My Mexico Vacation
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Lots of great examples that can inspire livability improvements all over - from open streets to BRT to bike-share to highly walkable streets
Chambers of Commerce Come Around to Transit
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City business groups are forming a coalition to urge Congress and the president to fund transportation projects.
Study: Better Transit Helps Latinos Live Healthier Lives
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Two dynamics are at work for Latinos — and both have negative effects.
Today’s Headlines
|- L.A.’s Union Station aims to reinvent itself, again (LA Times)
- Can the U.S. curb gas cars? (Curbed)
- CA High-Speed Rail Authority sues Trump administration over funding (Governing)
- Oakland: Privatizing the public boom (Places)
- There’s a battle in San Diego over the future of the area’s transportation system (Voice of San Diego)
- Blue-collar workers do better outside the big cities (CityLab)
- Do bicyclists break the law? Not so much–where there is good infrastructure (SSTI)
- Berkeleyside has been mapping injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists in Berkeley–there are many
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
San Francisco Supervisor Yee Rates West Portal Motorists Higher than Transit Riders
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He doesn't even want the city to study traffic changes that could prioritize transit over private cars
Seattle and Minneapolis: A Tale of Two Upzones
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Dense, walkable cities mean more families can afford to stay, and public transport gets a boost. They’re also greener than suburbs, with their large homes and car-dependent multitudes. But changing zoning rules isn’t easy.
Today’s Headlines
|- Why bicycle riders get angry, in one short video (SF Examiner)
- East Palo Alto celebrates opening of bike pedestrian overpass (Palo Alto Online)
- $40 million for LA river bike path (Curbed)
- Report: Make transit free to offset impacts from Uber/Lyft (SF Examiner)
- Numbers: Distracted driving is killing us (Mercury News)
- THAT housing bill is not quite dead (Press Democrat)
- Electric cars have been around for a very long time (Interesting Engineering)
- Chevron to install electric vehicle chargers at its stations (CleanTechnica)
- Not everyone working on autonomous vehicles thinks like Musk (The Drive)
- L.A.’s plan to fight climate change needs public support (LA Times)
- California cities roll towards sustainability (NRDC)
- Many question remain about gas price disparities (Business Journal)
- Cautionary tale: The dangerous standoff between Uber and Buenos Aires (CityLab)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Connecticut Says ‘No’ to Transit-Oriented Development
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“Putting a [transit-oriented development] next to an active rail yard has never worked successfully," says Connecticut's transportation commissioner. Yes, that's what he said.
Today’s Headlines
|- CA legislature is being played by scooter companies (CityLab)
- Uber and Lyft should just share the damn data already (TransitCenter)
- May is Bike Month, er, Bike Safety Month, so heads up! Police departments all over the state are writing tickets this week (TPGonline)
- New pedestrian bridge over Highway 101 opens in East Palo Alto (CBS)
- California to probe reasons behind gas price spike (LA Times)
- Sacramento approves California Mobility Center to build electric, autonomous vehicle infrastructure (Green Car Congress)
- Self-driving cars need to be safer than human drivers–but by how much? (Vox)
- In a bike-friendly city in Iran, women are not allowed to bicycle (Radio Free Europe)
- Seven principles for solving the housing crisis (Vox)
- The suburbs are coming to a city near you (New York Times)
- Building a bus map where there are neither schedules or stops (Wired)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Advocates Scramble to Keep Transit Housing Bill Active
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Anti-density/NIMBY politician maneuvers to put transit housing bill on ice